That Instagram Hoax Duped So Many Celebs - Here's Instagram's Response

It’s shocking to see how many celebrities fell for a hoax on Instagram, in which a fake viral post claimed that people had to repost a message to ensure their photos wouldn’t be used against them by the social media app.

The post claimed that Instagram will now be able to use the app’s users’ photos against them in court cases. In order to prevent the rule from being enacted on their account, users are instructed to repost a screenshot of the post.

There are several grammatical errors throughout the post and it clearly looks like a hoax, but many celebs have been duped by it.

“There’s no truth to this post,” Stephanie Otway, brand communications manager at Instagram, said in a statement to WWD.

While many have taken down the post, the singer Pink is one of the stars who still has it up. See below.